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- HERsterical! Escaping Myths Surrounding Menstruation – Ep. 49
The curse. Aunt Flow. Code Red! Whatever you call it, women have been experiencing periods since women came to be; yet, historically, this “monthly visitor” has made people – mainly men, if we’re being honest – downright hysterical. (Case in point, the philosopher Plato compared the uterus to a “living creature” that wandered through a woman’s body wreaking havoc. Yikes!) The myths about menstruation are – indeed – wild, and even in modern times, products commonly used to help women cope with their periods have a long way to go. The co-hosts explore the topic in-depth (even throwing in a menstruation-related case of true crime) in this HERsterical edition of The Escape Pod!
BE ADVISED: If you have a severe aversion to blood and other bodily fluids, you might want to skip this one, and if you're suffering from PMS, you’ll likely find this episode especially annoying.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
- Topic #1 5:32 Intro to topic: period products and menstruation myths
- Topic #2 18:25 Research – or lack thereof – on what is in period products
- Topic #3 26:19 Why is the topic still so taboo? A history lesson on “hysteria”
- Topic #5 43:05 PMS vs. PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder)
- Topic #6 1:00:55 OneHeart “Woohoo of the Week” (Hear more in our latest guest testimonials at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prrst9TMvVY)
Resources & Links
- 12.15.2019. Christine Ro. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191213-pmdd-a-little-understood-and-often-misdiagnosed-condition
- https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/111219-sj-periodequity.pdf
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JATkdZ3hnlc
- 07.11.2024. Sandee LaMotte. https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/health/tampons-lead-arsenic-plastics-wellness/index.html
- 02.09.2023. Jeffrey Kluger. https://time.com/6254060/pfas-period-chemicals-underwear-tampons/
- https://legal-forum.uchicago.edu/print-archive/menstrual-product-deprivation-prison-sex-neutral-litigation-strategy
- 07.18.2024. Benjamin Plackett. https://cen.acs.org/safety/consumer-safety/researchers-found-arsenic-lead-tampons/102/web/2024/07
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/the-controversy-of-female-hysteria
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_hysteria
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1 hr 10 min - Call Me ‘Fernando’ – Ep. 48
An email arrives in a nonprofit CEO’s inbox. The gist: An “investor” is interested in the work you do. He has connections to some of the country’s wealthiest people, and he’d like to leverage those connections to help you raise funds. The email looks legit, sounds promising, and a quick internet search raises no immediate red flags associated with the individual or his company. At least, not at first. BUT ... if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, right? So the savvy CEO keeps digging and not only uncovers the con, but also the real name of the con artist who very charmingly introduces himself with the line, “Call me Fernando.”
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
- Topic #1 7:00 Topic of the Week: Escaping con artists.
- Topic #2 14:50 The red flags begin flapping like crazy!
- Topic #3 25:13 Fernando’s real name revealed.
- Topic #4 37:41 Tips to avoid similar cons.
- Topic #5 55:54 OneHeart Woohoos of the Week: Community-style!
Resources & Links
- https://www.jitasagroup.com/jitasa_nonprofit_blog/common-nonprofit-scams/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/comments/7p1c7l/maurice_aguirre_has_been_sentenced_to_prison/?rdt=33604
- https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2018/01/06/forger-and-scam-artist-just-can-t-seem-to-give-up-his-trade/
- https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/dirty-dozen-irs-warns-of-scammers-using-fake-charities-to-exploit-taxpayers
- Immediately file a complaint with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
- Contact the Disaster Fraud Hotline at 1-866-720-5721.
- Reach out to your state’s consumer protection office.
- Inform your bank immediately if you shared your account details with a scammer.
credit: ABA Foundation; https://www.aba.com/advocacy/community-programs/consumer-resources/protect-your-money/charity-scams
- https://www.sbtadvantage.com/blog-posts/charity-scams
- https://www.dhsventures.com/governing-board
- https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/11/14/2779872/0/en/DHS-Makes-Full-Acquisition-of-Carolco-Enterprises-for-745M-Fernando-Aguirre-Vice-Chairman-of-DHS-Ventures-Holdings-Announced.html
- https://www.cbinsights.com/company/carolco-enterprises
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1 hr 5 min - Phreaky Phrogging Pt. 2 – Ep. 47
Summary of Episode
The co-hosts return to The Escape Pod this week to wrap up a two-part series on “phrogging,” when a person occupies a home without the homeowner’s or renter’s knowledge or permission. (It’s a criminal act that lands pretty high on the creep-o-meter, if you ask us!) Part 2 takes us back to the mid-1980s, when a teen phrogger terrorized families in Massachusetts.
SIDE NOTE: Why does phrogger start with a “ph”? A quick internet search offers a few explanations, a prevalent one being that the “p” is taken from the word “person”, as in a person who engages in phrogging, jumping from place to place so as not to get caught.
BE ADVISED: This episode contains violence and other content listeners might find extremely disturbing.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
- Topic #1 3:13 Phrogging explained.
- Topic #2 10:35 Teen phrogger is found out.
- Topic #3 16:59 The phrogger strikes again.
- Topic #6 27:53 Ending on a happy note: OneHeart “Woohoos of the Week”!
Resources & Links
- 07/28/2023. Cydney Contreras. https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/daniel-laplante-murder-priscilla-gustafson-family
- https://darkdowneast.com/daniellaplante/
- https://www.truecrimene.com/episodes/kznjvyqymt0y95etsvcqwaicgsqyp5
- https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/416/416mass433.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMftmJWOITg
- https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1cqizt0/living_in_the_walls_the_disturbing_true_story_of/
- https://vocal.media/criminal/daniel-la-plante-the-17-year-old-who-raped-and-murdered-a-pregnant-mom-and-then-drowned-her-two-kids
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37 min - Phreaky Phrogging Pt. 1 – Ep. 46
Summary of Episode
“Phrogging” (sounds like “frogging”) refers to the act of living in someone’s home without their knowledge or permission. It is not the same as squatting, and – in many ways – phrogging is much, much creepier. In the first of a two-part series on the subject, the Escape Pod co-hosts discuss a handful of phreaky phrogging incidents that might have you checking your closets. Twice.
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains content some listeners might find disturbing.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
- Topic #1 :53 Escaping persistent and, at times, very sophisticated scam artists.
- Topic #2 8:47 Intro to topic.
- Topic #3 15:50 NC college student experiences paranormal-like activity.
- Topic #5 22:23 Woman finds an addict in her attic.
- Topic #6 32:04 Phrogging from a phrogger’s POV.
- Topic #7 40:18 Escapism, co-host-style.
Resources & Links
- 08/29/2023. Austin Harvey. https://allthatsinteresting.com/phrogging
- 08/31/2023. Michael Tsai. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/news/2023/08/31/-phrogger--sentenced-to-40-years-for-burglary--prison-killing
- https://www.reddit.com/r/ForensicFanatics/comments/10h3lo3/has_anyone_ever_heard_of_or_experienced_a_real/
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45 min - Intel on InCels (Misogyny Pt. 2) – Ep. 45
Involuntarily celibate. It could be fodder for a standup comedian, but these days, self-proclaimed “InCels” and the InCel Movement are no joke – even landing on Secret Service threat lists. Join co-hosts Julie and Charity back in The Escape Pod to wrap up a two-part series on extreme misogyny and an online community that poses a clear and present danger to the women they hate.
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains violence and other content listeners might find extremely disturbing.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
- Topic #1 :59 Escaping expensive habits
- Topic #2 9:45 Intro to the InCel Movement
- Topic #3 14:14 The young man who inspired the movement
- Topic #5 30:00 Center for Countering Digital Hate’s analyses of online posts
- Topic #6 38:37 OneHeart “Woohoos of the Week”!
Resources & Links
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43892189
- 8/13/21. Jonathan Griffin. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-44053828
- 3/1/24. Phil Helsel. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-incel-plotted-kill-women-college-sentenced-6-years-prison-rcna141473
- 9/23/22. Taylor Lorenz. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/22/incels-rape-murder-study/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Bianca_Devins
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Rodger
- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56269095
- https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/plymouth-shooting-jake-davidson-inqquest-b2263774.html
- 12/12/2022. Tim Stelloh. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-incel-plotted-slaughter-women-pleads-guilty-attempted-hate-crime-rcna51812
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43 min - When Misogyny Leads to Mass Murder – Ep. 44
Ten years before the word “Columbine” became synonymous with school shootings in America, a young man in Canada carried out a massacre at a college in Montreal. His motive? An extreme hatred for women, whom he thought were “stealing men’s jobs.” This tale of true crime happened in 1989, but the perpetrator’s attitude toward the female sex – unfortunately – is alive and well in some male circles today. This trip into The Escape Pod is the first in a two-part series on extreme misogyny and a little-known but highly dangerous online community of women-hating men, known as “InCels.”
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains violence and other content listeners might find extremely disturbing.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
- Topic #1 2:51 When misogyny reaches a whole new level.
- Topic #2 8:38 The perpetrator’s background.
- Topic #3 17:24 The day of the massacre.
- Topic #5 32:00 Escapism, co-host-style!
Resources & Links
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/04/mass-shooting-1989-montreal-14-women-killed
- https://theconversation.com/the-montreal-massacre-is-finally-recognized-as-an-anti-feminist-attack-128450
- 12/07/2019. James Morgan. https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/40106/20191207/three-decades-since-the-cole-polytechnique-mass-shooting-in-montr-al
- https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Marc_L%C3%A9pine
By unknown - http://www.philo5.com/Textes-references/LepineMarc_TexteIntegralDeSaLettre_891206.htm, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16837530
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37 min - True Crime, Thanksgiving-style! – Ep. 43
We are feasting on family dysfunction in The Escape Pod this week, as true crime takes on a holiday twist. (Special thanks to Reddit for giving generously content-wise, coming through BIG for the co-hosts when one asked the other, “Do you think you could find some good stories about holiday dinners gone wrong?” Indeed, she did!)
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
- Topic #1 :52 Escaping arthritis, a wonky earlobe, and a wrong-way driver.
- Topic #2 19:29 Intro to true crime, Thanksgiving-style!
- Topic #3 33:04 Hostess requests reimbursement.
- Topic #4 47:53 Holiday-inspired headlines!
- Topic #5 58:35 Escaping the real world for rock concerts.
Resources & Links
- https://aezoutbailbonds.com/10-of-the-wildest-thanksgiving-day-crimes-that-ever-took-place/
- Ross Yoder. 11/23/23. https://www.buzzfeed.com/rossyoder/thanksgiving-horror-stories
- https://www.ranker.com/list/people-recall-awkward-thanksgiving_dinners/samantha-dillinger
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1 hr 4 min - Not Today, Predators! – Ep. 42
A female runner stops for a bathroom break and gets attacked from behind. Little did the predator know that he did not choose easy prey. Kelly Herron said, “Not today, mother f@#!er!” and she meant it, fighting back successfully in that moment and then starting a whole movement around her now-famous line. Join the co-hosts in The Escape Pod this week for an episode featuring true crime, a truly incredible escape artist, and tips from self-defense experts who want to give you a fighting chance, too.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
- Topic #1 :49 Co-host escapes a stinky situation.
- Topic #2 8:57 Intro to Kelly’s story of escape.
- Topic #3 23:31 Tips Kelly learned in self-defense class that saved her.
- Topic #4 40:26 Advocate for following one’s intuition offers tactics to stay safe.
- Topic #5 51:41 Escapism, co-host-style!
Resources & Links
- https://www.girlswhofight.co/post/the-survival-signals-that-indicate-danger-the-gift-of-fear-by-gavin-de-becker
- Jan 6, 2020. Caitlyn Pilkington. https://www.womensrunning.com/culture/assault-survivor-kelly-herron-story/
- April 14, 2019. Maggie Ryan. https://hellogiggles.com/self-defense-moves-escape-attacker/
- https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/kelly-herron-sexual-assault-story-45966885
- https://www.crime-safety-security.com/Self-Defense.html
- https://www.girlswhofight.co/post/ten-self-defense-strategies-women-need-to-know To sign up for Girls Who Fight Back Newsletter
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55 min - Escaping Prison (for Good Reason!) – Ep. 41
A woman is brutally attacked and murdered in her Ohio home in 1998. The only witness? Her 6-year-old granddaughter, whose eye-witness account helps to convict her “Uncle Clarence.” But Clarence’s wife is certain he didn’t commit the crime, and she makes it her mission to prove it.
Join co-hosts Julie and Charity in the Escape Pod this week, where a wife’s amateur sleuth skills help an innocent man escape a life sentence.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
- Topic #1 :35 Escaping bad backs, bladders, and bedtime habits.
- Topic #2 9:19 Escaping prison – but not in the way you think!
- Topic #3 24:47 The mind playing tricks with memories.
- Topic #4 30:19 Our OneHeart “Woohoo of the Week!”
Resources & Links
- https://video.hipstr.tv/feature/conviction-true-story-clarence-elkins
- https://innocenceproject.org/cases/clarence-elkins/#:~:text=On%20December%2015%2C%202005%2C%20a,crime%20he%20did%20not%20commit
- https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/02/wrongfully-convicted-man-challenges-ohio/23718232007/
- https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3202#:~:text=Early%20on%20the%20morning%20of,raped%20and%20left%20for%20dead
- https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3202
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41 min - High Achiever Hits Breaking Point – Ep. 40
Good kid, model student, high achiever – just a few of the descriptors bestowed on Sidney Powell during her high school years in Ohio. But college proved much more challenging, and some theorize that – rather than face her academic failures – Sidney turned on one of the people who loved her most. Is she a stone-cold murderer, or a young woman who suffered a mental break? On this episode of the Escape Pod, the co-hosts dive into a deep discussion about the desire to be perfect, and how that very mindset can be perfectly dangerous.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
- Topic #1 2:00 Trying to escape our own negative thoughts
- Topic #2 14:46 Introduction to Sidney Powell
- Topic #3 26:45 A blood-curdling phone call
- Topic #4 32:28 A father speaks out
- Topic #5 42:45 Escapism, co-host-style!
Resources & Links
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff3spm-V-8Q Law & Crime Network “Killer Daughter Beat, Stabbed Mom to Death to Cover Up College Failures”
- https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-who-beat-her-mom-with-skillet-stabbed-her-in-neck-nearly-30-times-to-conceal-suspension-from-college-is-sentenced-for-murder/
- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2023/10/19/sydney-powell-convicted-stabbing-death-mother-brenda-powell-akron-ohio-insanity-plea/71238220007/
- https://people.com/sydney-powell-ohio-college-student-killed-mom-7972815
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goreXfyTaqY Crime Salad “The Murder of Brenda Powell”
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About Crisis & Consequences
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Crisis & Consequences is a true crime podcast with a purpose, where we step out of our daily lives and dive into murder stories and the complicated humans behind them.
Hosted by Charity Doyle and Karabeth Borresen, each episode blends storytelling, dark humor, and real conversation — because sometimes the best way to understand crisis is by getting lost in a really good crime story.
All proceeds support OneHeart’s mission to empower people to overcome crisis and achieve self-sustainability.